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Article: Busch Crashes on Second Lap of N.H. Race
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- September 18, 2005
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AP Online
09-18-2005
Dateline: LOUDON, N.H.
Defending NASCAR Nextel Cup champion Kurt Busch was knocked out of the opening race of the 2005 Chase for the championship on the second lap of Sunday's Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway.
Busch, one of 10 drivers qualified for the 10-race title playoff, started 12th in the 43-car field and was running side-by-side with Scott Riggs when Riggs appeared to lose control of his car, slid up into Busch's No. 97 Ford and sent it spinning into the outside wall between turns one and two on the banked 1.058-mile oval.
Busch, who began his championship drive last year with a victory here, drove the battered Roush Racing entry back to his ...